Reasoning in Organization Science

Mantere, Saku; Ketokivi, Mikko

doi:10.5465/amr.2011.0188

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“…In our objective to build mid-range theory we follow this approach, but our exploratory study deviates from Eisenhardt in aiming at an indepth understanding and rich descriptions of our research context. We therefore designed our study to yield a rich content base of interview data from which to generate theoretical propositions (Mantere & Ketoviki, 2013). Our unit of data collection is the MNT.…”

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“…Whereas inductive research focuses on the systematic discovery of theory from data and affords less importance to a priori theoretical considerations (Mantere & Ketoviki, 2013), studies following this paradigm are still guided and influenced by some initial frames of reference (Siggelkow, 2007) and use current theory as a backdrop for interpreting the data (Bansal & Corley, 2012). Our study's foundation was built around two key streams of research.…”

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The impact of language barriers on trust formation in multinational teams

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AcknowledgementsWe thank Sebastian Reiche for his helpful comments on an earlier draft of this manuscript. We are very grateful for the constructive and thoughtful guidance by special issue editors Rebecca Piekkari and Mary Yoko Brannen, as well as three anonymous reviewers. MNTs in three German automotive corporations, we show how MNT members' cognitive and emotional reactions to language barriers influence their perceived trustworthiness and intention to trust, which in turn affect trust formation. We contribute to diversity research by distinguishing the exclusively negative language effects from the more ambivalent effects of other diversity dimensions. Our findings also illustrate how surface-level language diversity may create perceptions of deep-level diversity.Furthermore, our study advances MNT research by revealing the specific influences of language barriers on team trust, an important mediator between team inputs and performance outcomes. It thereby encourages the examination of other team processes through a language lens. Finally, our study suggests that multilingual settings necessitate a reexamination and modification of the seminal trust theories by Mayer, Schoorman (1995) andMcAllister (1995). In terms of practical implications, we outline how MNT leaders can manage their subordinates' problematic reactions to language barriers and how MNT members can enhance their perceived trustworthiness in multilingual settings.

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“…In circumstances such as these, actors rely on what pragmatists term -abductions,‖ in which plausible explanations are inferred from specific observations and general principles (Bartel & Garud, 2003;Mantere & Ketokivi, 2013). We conceptualize such interventions as distributed 29 experimentation: iterative action that generates small wins, promotes evolutionary learning and increases engagement, while allowing unsuccessful efforts to be abandoned.…”

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Tackling Grand Challenges Pragmatically: Robust Action Revisited

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Gehman

2015

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In this article, we theorize a novel approach to addressing the world’s grand challenges based on the philosophical tradition of American pragmatism and the sociological concept of robust action. Grounded in prior empirical organizational research, we identify three robust strategies that organizations can employ in tackling issues such as climate change and poverty alleviation: participatory architecture, multivocal inscriptions and distributed experimentation. We demonstrate how these strategies operate, the manner in which they are linked, the outcomes they generate, and why they are applicable for resolving grand challenges. We conclude by discussing our contributions to research on robust action and grand challenges, as well as some implications for research on stakeholder theory, institutional theory and theories of valuation

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“…However, as Ketokivi and Mantere (2010) have argued, induction, on which both templates rely, is a philosophical dilemma: A theory does not logically emerge from repeated observation. To address but not solve the dilemma, both templates use the strategy to emphasize the computational manner in describing their research practice (Mantere & Ketokivi, 2013). In contrast to…”

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“…We call this the normative challenge to deal with researchers' norms. Scholars following either one of those templates-regardless of the different underlying onto-epistemological ground assumptions-are compelled to commit to the scientific realist view of studying organizations (Mantere & Ketokivi, 2013). In this view, researchers proceed in a computational manner from empirical grounds to a set of theoretical claims (Mantere & Ketokivi, 2013), and this in effect constrains scholars to disclose their own norms, values and beliefs.…”

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Facing the Normative Challenges: The Potential of Reflexive Historical Research

Stutz

Sachs

2016

Business & Society

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This article explores methodological problems of qualitative research templates, that is, the Eisenhardt and the Gioia case study approaches, which are relevant for the business and society (B&S) scholarship and outlines a reflexive historical research methodology that has the potential to face these challenges. Building on Hans-Georg Gadamer’s philosophical hermeneutics, we draw critical attention to qualitative B&S research and frame the methodological problems identified as the normative challenges of qualitative research, that is, to productively deal with both the researchers’ norms and the research subjects’ norms. We then introduce the reflexive historical case study (RHCS), a distinct research strategy to face normative challenges based on philosophical hermeneutics and the interpretive tradition of studying organizations. This research approach aims at theory elaboration while its mode of enquiry is reflexive. By explicating three of its key characteristics and using a case example to illustrate our approach, we demonstrate how B&S scholars can benefit from the “temporal filter” of the historical lens and from reflexive concerns about the nature of theory and empirical material. To tap the potential of historical research, we finally envision a research program for studying issues and debates associated with B&S scholarship.

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Reasoning in Organization Science

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Cited by 408 publications

References 82 publications

The impact of language barriers on trust formation in multinational teams

The impact of language barriers on trust formation in multinational teams

Tackling Grand Challenges Pragmatically: Robust Action Revisited

Facing the Normative Challenges: The Potential of Reflexive Historical Research

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